Rotary valve controlled multicylinder internal-combustion engine



DIETER BENSINGER VE CONTROLLED MULTICYLINDER -COMBUSTION ENGINE Sept. 16, 1949 Aug. 11, 1953 woLF- ROTARY VAL INTERNAL Filed INVENTOR' WOLF DIETER BENS/NGER A 615' N TS Patented Aug. 11, 1953 ROTARY. VALVE CONTROLLED. MULTICYL- INDER INTERNAL-COMBUSTION?ENGINE-i Wolf-Dieter Bensinger, Muhlacker, Wurttemberg, Germany, assignor to Daimler-Benz A'ktien gesellschaft; many Stuttgart-Unterturklieim, Ger- ApplicationSeptember 16, 1949,.Serial No. 116,023 In. Germanyv October 1;.1'948? 12 Claims.

The present invention relates to a rotary valve control mechanism; for multicylinder internal combustion engines in which the cylinders have axial ports controlled by means of rotary disc valves-located in the cylinder head.

Thelnventiondsbased:on the idea that the use of" rotary discvalves in internal combustion en-.

gjnes having. in-line cylinders permits the control however, tomake'the crankangle for the firing order'of;the two'cylindersonly about 240 or less. A greater crank'angle would bring about the dangenthatlmeasured on thecontrol'cirele. of. the rot'ary;.valve)i the outlet. ofitheone cylinder. and the.

inletof. the. other. would. come so. close together that. the. port of the. rotary valve controlling them in common. wouldlpermit. the simultaneous.

passageoffthe induction gases ofthe one cylinder and-of the exhaust gases. of the other thereby causing an. induction of. exhaust gases and a reductionof the. poweroutput of the engine.

Asin the case of 'four-cycle. in-line. engines the crank angle. for the firing order between the. first andthesecond. cylindersand. between thev thirdi and..the. fourth cylinders. as a. rule will be 1803, ,two rotary valves.are.sufficient for the. fourv cylinders. In. the case. ofJa regular six-cylinder.

in-li'neengine, however, the. crank angle. for the firing. order. of. adjacent cylinders. amounts every, time to 240with the exception of that between the. third and. fourth cylinders which 360; As a ruleit. is therefore not. possible in this case tocontrol every. time two adjacentcylinders by agcommon rotary valve. However, four rotary valves. in. total .will' be suffi'cient if, according to the .invention,,three adjacent cylinders are con troll'ediby two rotary valves in a particular convenient manner. such thateach rotary, valve controls'. the. inlet andloutlet-ports of one cylinder and'simultaneously atleast the. inlet or outlet port of an adjacent cylinder.

According'toa modification of the invention, provision may be made for controlling two cylinderszbyonerotaryvalve and-a third adjacent cylinder by. asecond rotary valve.

Further details of the invention will appear fromthe following description of examples of f construction in connection with the accompanyiilg drawings; in which byway of example Figs. 1 and 2 give a diagrammatic viewof the cylinder in-line bank of a six-cylinder engine with the associated rotary valves and Fig. 3 a section along theline 3 -3 of Fig; 1.

InFi'g, llillustrating'afirst embodimentof the invention, the twocontrolports s of a rotary Inithist case the reduction ratio of valved control the" inlet port E and the outlet port A of the one cylinder" and simultaneously the inlet port E or the outlet port A of an' adja-- cent cylinder. The conventional firing order-will be 15'3-62'-4 with a crank angle*-of,, the numberof" revolutions of the rotary valves being one fourth of'that of the crankshaft: The outlet port A of the cylinder l will beuncovered by" the left-hand controlport abyth'e angle a about 60 about 240' at the crankshaft?" laterthan the outlet port' A ofthecylind'erT-h'y the right-hand control: port 8; The angle ,3" between the inlet and th'e" outlet port'sv of the cylinder I is likewise about 60*" (240 at the crankshaft) so that there will Ice-likewise" an" angle y of the magnitudeof 60 between theinlet and the outlet port'smfthe adjacent: com"- monly controlled" cylinders I and 2. This' angle" in' general will be 'sufiiclent *to' avoid simultaneous" uncoveringofinlet-and. outlet ports of the same. or of the adjacentcylinderby'thesame'control port, which with certainty would no longerbe the case with a crank angle for the firing: order' of substantially more than 240 between adjacent" cylinders i. e. withthe angle-a substantially 'sur=- passing 60.

Owing to the symmetrical'and uniform control of the cylinders byf-the-"rotaryvalves' (ii e; of. every 1 cylindersby one rotary'valvelfur-- ther all of theaxes :rl toxl of the'rot'ary valves may be locatedin' a" planeextendlng through-the line 1/ and parallel with a" planethrough the) cylinder axes, and-thedrive connectionsof the rotary valves will likewise-lie of" uniform" design:

Thus'the'cylin'der covers (k' in'Fig; 3 of" the" cylinders l to 3 and 4 tO'G may bedesigned: as" completely uniform parts capable of being in'- terchanged with each other." The-diametrof theinlet and-outlet ports areequal at the-level of the parting line f between cylinder and cyl-- inder cover; cover and rotary valve drive connections'means a: particular advantage in manufacturing.

In Fig; 2"illustratinga second emb'odiment of" the invention; the'rotary valve (11 controls the cylinders I and 2 and the*rotary-*valve= d-2 the= cylinder 3i The cylinder" 4 is-controlled" bythe rotary valve :13 Y and the-'cyIindersSand 6 are con trolled b'ythe rotary valve d4. With the arrange- 'mentjust described; however, some different constructionalconditionswill result as compared' wltli" the exampleof' construction of Fig. 11' 'I'huswitli' a driveconnection by means-of acamshaft ex+- tending parallel to the crankshaft for the rotary" valvesdz and d3, gears of a diflerent diameter arenecessarycompared 'to those used" for the rotaryvalves di and d4: The cylinder'covers- (not shown) for the cylinders l to 3 and l-to *6 arein the example illustrated onlyreflected=sym--- -metricalparts which therefore cannot inter The interchangeability, of cylinder able rotary valves changed with each other. However, this interchangeability may be made possible, if desired, e. g. by making the rotary valve (13 control the cylinders 4 and and the rotary valve d4 only the cylinder 6. In the case of Fig. 2 there is further the possibility of arranging the rotary valves in alignment as in Fig. 1, if there are no objections to an unequal distance between the engine cylinders and to providing e. g. a greater distance between the cylinders 2 and 3 and the cylinders 4 and 5 than between the remaining cylinders.

The rotary valves may be driven in both embodiments by means of bevel gears, spiral or worm gears, while for suitably packing the inlets and outlets of the cylinders a piston ring type seal t may be used as in Fig. 3, which resiliently abuts from below on the rotary valve. A corresponding packing may also be provided at the top of the rotary valve.

The scope of the invention is not limited to threeor six-cylinder engines but includes all engines coming within the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. Control mechanism for the intake and exhaust ports of the in-line cylinders of an internal combustion engine having cylinders in a number which is a multiple of three comprising a pair of similar interchangeable rotary valves for each three cylinders positioned eccentrically with respect to the cylinders, the cylinders having intake and exhaust ports so arranged that both ports of an end one of said three cylinders are controlled by a first valve of said pair, both ports of the other end cylinder being controlled by the second valve of said pair, and at least one port of the intermediate cylinder being controlled by said first valve.

2. Control mechanism for the intake and exhaust ports of the in-line cylinders of an internal combustion engine having cylinders in a. number 1 divisible by three comprising similar interchangepositioned eccentrically with respect to the cylinders and each overlapping two adjacent cylinders, the cylinders having intake and exhaust ports so arranged that both ports of one cylinder and one port of the adjacent cylinder are controlled by a common valve.

3. Control mechanism for the intake and exhaust ports of the in-line cylinders of an internal combustion engine having cylinders in a number divisible by thre comprising similar interchangeable rotary valves positioned eccentrically with respect to the cylinder the cylinders having intake and exhaust ports so arranged that both ports of two adjacent cylinders of a consecutive group of three are controlled by one valve and both ports of the third cylinder by another valve.

4. Control mechanism as in claim 1 wherein the valves compris discs having diametrically opposed control ports therein and rotatable on axes parallel to the cylinder axes.

, 5. Control mechanism as in claim 3 for a sixcylinder engine, wherein the intake and exhaust ports of the pairs of cylinders at each end of the line are all controlled by a single valve common to both cylinders of the pair and the intake and exhaust ports of each of the intermediate cylinders of the line are both controlled by a further valve.

6. Control mechanism as in claim 2 wherein the axes of rotation of all the valves lie in a common plane parallel to the plane of the cylinder axes.

7. Control mechanism for the in-line cylinders of an internal combustion engine having cylinders in a number divisible by three each having an intake port and an exhaust port, said mechanism comprising a rotary valve between each two cylinders of a consecutive group of three cylinders, the axes of rotation of the valves being substantially parallel to the ports, and the ports being so positioned that both ports of the outlying cylinder of a group of three and one port of the middle cylinder of the group are substantially in a circle centered on the axis of rotation of the valve positioned between said outlying and middle cylinders, and two control ports in each valve positioned on either side of the axis of rotation and constructed and arranged to control the two ports of said outlying cylinder and the one port of said middle cylinder as the valve rotates on its axis.

8. Control mechanism as in claim 7 wherein all the valves are similar and interchangeable.

9. Control mechanism as in claim 7 wherein the three ports controlled by a common valve are so arranged that the radii of the valve passing through their centers define an angle of substantially 10. Control mechanism for the cylinders of a six-cylinder in-line internal combustion engine comprising an intake port and an exhaust port for each cylinder, two rotary valves each positioned between two adjacent cylinders of a consecutive group of three cylinders, the axes of rotation of the valves being substantially parallel to the ports, two control ports in each valve positioned on either side of the axis of rotation, the intake and exhaust ports of the cylinders and the control ports of the valves being so constructed and arranged with respect to the axes of rotation that the six ports of a group of three cylinders are controlled by the four ports of the two associated valves as the latter rotate on their axes, at least both ports of the two outlying and inlying cylinders of a group being each controlled by the ports of one valve and each port of the middle cylinder of the group being so positioned with respect to the axis of rotation of the cooperating one of the two valves that the radii of said valves passing through their centers and the radius of the cooperating valve passing through the center of the corresponding port of the other of the three cylinders controlled by the same valve define angles of 120, the two ports of said middle cylinder being each controlled by the control ports of the said same valve.

11. Control mechanism as in claim 10 wherein the ports of the middle cylinder are so arranged that each of them is controlled by only one of the valves, the said. angles of 120 being defined in reference to the axis of the associated valve.

12. Control mechanism as in claim 10 wherein the ports of the middle cylinder are so arranged that they are both controlled by a same valve, the said angles of 120 being defined in reference to the axis of said same valve.

WOLF-DIETER BENSINGER.

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